Shostakovitch tried to escape the distressing historicity of the artist delinquent in his socialist-realist functions by espousing the hermetic artistic realm of Bach´s counterpoint where he could forget his painful rule of the voluntary/involuntary State composer. The seriousness and urgency of an important work of art is often due to the fact that it came into being under precarious conditions.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
from any musical or universal dictionary:fuga (lat.) = Flucht = flight, escape, refuge.